OH MY GOSH, it is one of the FEW things on my I WISH list here. I am yoyur first person to join, already have my gloves. I think u will do well.

As far as beint too cute for the "real thing" you must not know me! You will see in person. Far not too cute for the real thing. BRING IT ON, the intense sparring sessions.

do you have head gear and a mouth gaurd? I can bring some for you and we can work out a couple times when i am down.

you have one MAJOR advantage though...you are used to the heat...it flurried here this morning, but i like to sweat so thats a good thing!

i do somewhere but rather buy a new one. I have not done it for over a year and when I took a month break my trainer used to say it was like I was new when I got into it again. I am ready to punch, kick and GO! Bring the bags and equipment. We need a ring too Serious, I can't wait and a few others I know would do it too.

love the enthusiasm! will bring you a head gear and a mouth guard. can bring shin and foot guards too if you think you will have time to spar a couple times with me. that would be SOOOO GREAT!

as for movin it all down, i cannot tell you how much i would love to do that, but i have to look into how much it would cost...the ring cost $1000 to ship to Phila from Indiana, so i cannot imagine what it would cost to get it down there...plus to reopen a gym, pay rent and all that...that would take quite a bit of money and i would need a good number of enrollments.

opening a gym down there would be a freakin DREAM but i dont think the long term appeal is there to sustain it. I'm not good enough to train someone for years, and i dont know if that makes sense. Having said that....i really gotta get down there...lots to think about!

lemme know if you want me to bring gear if you think you will have the time. its pretty bulky stuff, but worth it for me to have someone to 'play' with.